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Coincidence, danger and the forbidden

Posted by Robin on 5 April 2011 13 Comments

French actor Vincent Cassel in a new ad for Yves Saint Laurent La Nuit de L'Homme. You can see the original 2009 ad here.

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Tagged With: video, yves saint laurent

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  1. Tara says:
    5 April 2011 at 9:51 am

    Boo..I can’t watch videos at work..I had to watch it on my phone..

    I am in love with Vincent Cassel!!!! But what’s with all the dark freaky eye make-up (or maybe it just looks like that on my phone?)

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    • Robin says:
      5 April 2011 at 10:16 am

      Yes…this could be an ad for eye makeup as much as anything.

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  2. VanMorrisonFan says:
    5 April 2011 at 10:08 am

    Tara-

    You’re right about the eyes – it’s not just your phone. I call the look “Raccoon Eyes.” Not sure why it’s so popular in the fashion world because I think it makes the women look very unattractive.

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    • LaMaroc says:
      5 April 2011 at 3:27 pm

      I like a well-done “smoky eye”, which this is not! When that first girl turned around in her seat, I literally yelled “whoa!” Lol!

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  3. Morgan says:
    5 April 2011 at 6:32 pm

    he’s two timing three girls half his age. The math on how bad that is makes my head hurt

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    • Robin says:
      5 April 2011 at 6:40 pm

      They all looked like casual pick ups to me…

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      • Marjorie Rose says:
        5 April 2011 at 10:27 pm

        Do I have too much imagination? I thought he was flashing his secret arrow sign to fellow spies or something. . .they’re not love affairs, they’re just acting that way to pass secret messages at social engagements! (right?!)

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        • Robin says:
          6 April 2011 at 8:21 pm

          You have a better imagination than I do…I just thought “why do they keep showing that stupid symbol?”

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  4. nozknoz says:
    5 April 2011 at 9:14 pm

    Wow, raccoon eyes or no, it seemed so promising until the second woman appeared – much better acting and sense of something happening than most.

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  5. Ariel says:
    6 April 2011 at 2:27 pm

    So is he a modern Eros with a new bow and arrow?

    I love the music used in the video. Anyone know what it is?

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    • Robin says:
      6 April 2011 at 8:23 pm

      I don’t know, sorry!

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  6. whitechandoo says:
    7 April 2011 at 4:03 pm

    and don’t forget this is a Darren Aronofsky commercial.

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  7. Endymion says:
    10 April 2011 at 8:39 am

    Do I understand correctly that this ad suggests that by La Nuit de L’homme at age over 40 you can get extremely beautiful young girls (none of them older than 20) one night in a row?
    (If this ad was made with a female heroine who gets 3 young men she would be considered a whore, right?)

    I’m a man but I still find this ad overtly chauvinist!
    Why do they promote that a man should be promiscuous? And a man should get girl half his age? And women are mindless sexual objects?

    I love YSL and I like Anorofsky but I find this ad pretty insulting for women.

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